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adam: the u.s. is escalating its involvement in the syrian crisis, sending patriot missile batteries to turkey plus 400 ground troops. it is all part of a nato effort to protect turkey from possible missile attacks coming from syria. how much further could the u.s. military be dragged into a region unraveling by the day? we want to ask peter brookes, senior fellow at heritage foundation. are we getting a quack mire sending troops, 400 of them and the patriot missile batteries? >> no, i don't think so. this makes sense. it is symbolic for the turkey, major ally in that part of the world. in case assad regime fires missiles into turkey or fired at the rebels and end up in turkey. there has been a lot of stuff going on along the border. this will protect turkey, our nato ally, from attack. adam: it will take several weeks to set up the patriot missile batteries. >> that's right. adam: if they need the batteries to protect them do they have time for that? isn't the assad regime on its last leg now? >> t
adam: the u.s. is escalating its involvement in the syrian crisis, sending patriot missile batteries to turkey plus 400 ground troops. it is all part of a nato effort to protect turkey from possible missile attacks coming from syria. how much further could the u.s. military be dragged into a region unraveling by the day? we want to ask peter brookes, senior fellow at heritage foundation. are we getting a quack mire sending troops, 400 of them and the patriot missile batteries? >> no, i...
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i am very lucky to be part of the u.s. conference of mayors, and they allow me to represent san francisco as the innovative center for all the rest of the cities across the country. so we get to compare information and there. what these days i will get to talk to you while i am in washington, d.c., and you can hear what i am saying across there, so we can enjoy it -- wherever i go, you know i will be working and not fooling around. finally, we also are using technology to join our private companies in hiring san franciscans. hopefully some of your kids, some of your grandkids as well, are going to enjoy some of these great jobs in san francisco, because the companies that are here, many of them have agreed to use the virtual hiring practice called hiresf.org and share the technology to hire online send franciscans. we're doing the right here in our great city. i have a chief innovation officer, jane, who is working in my office. he keeps a good connection for both me and them members of the board of supervisors to share in
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schools u.s. work forces. together, that is a skills compact that i think the country could easily get behind and support so i think that is highly important as we think of the skills issue going forward. i think some of the issues i heard talked about before are critical to that as well. what are we doing in the pipeline? what are we doing from the earliest ages to make sure underrepresented groups are taking to science? why do we have the dropoff in middle school around young women? when's the long term strategies? i think we have to hit on -- we have to attack this on all cylinders. we have to have an all of above strategy but while we do the long term strategy to have a greater supply of stem workers and high skilled workers, we should not take the eye off what to do in the short term. one of the most powerful statistics from the president's science and technology council was the idea that you could have a significant effect on the number of workers we have if you just ensured there's a higher garaguation
schools u.s. work forces. together, that is a skills compact that i think the country could easily get behind and support so i think that is highly important as we think of the skills issue going forward. i think some of the issues i heard talked about before are critical to that as well. what are we doing in the pipeline? what are we doing from the earliest ages to make sure underrepresented groups are taking to science? why do we have the dropoff in middle school around young women? when's...
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on now to another topic a recent u.s. census bureau report projects that the u.s. will become a majority minority nation in the first for the first time in twenty forty three in other words the majority of people living in this country will not be caucasian from there the gap is only expected to widen right now minorities make up about thirty seven percent of the u.s. population or account for about one hundred sixteen point two million people by twenty sixty however the minority population is expected to become fifty seven percent or about two hundred forty one point three million people so are we beginning to see the shift we are beginning to see the shift of demographics and the shift has been a very long time coming but one maryland student isn't lamenting and said he has for most propose a white student union at taos and university it's an idea that has gained a lot of attention and even more criticism back to heimbach is a senior studying u.s. history and the founder and commander of the white student union i spoke with him earlier and asked him how he came u
on now to another topic a recent u.s. census bureau report projects that the u.s. will become a majority minority nation in the first for the first time in twenty forty three in other words the majority of people living in this country will not be caucasian from there the gap is only expected to widen right now minorities make up about thirty seven percent of the u.s. population or account for about one hundred sixteen point two million people by twenty sixty however the minority population is...
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u.s. senators behind closed doors, but it took 73 days forler to speak out, not even publicly, but behind closed doors. >> i i don't think she would have ever said she was wrong. this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or reinforced before the attack on 9/11. there is nothing to do to help the people. where was he as commandener chief. have you two movies being made in the raid on bin laden. you don't know anything about what the president did in the seven hours of the attack. and afterward, the president tried to blame this on a video and a mob and a demonstration that never existed. but susan rice, in my opinion, misled the public. there are other problems with her time and politics and national foreign affairs arena. her problem
u.s. senators behind closed doors, but it took 73 days forler to speak out, not even publicly, but behind closed doors. >> i i don't think she would have ever said she was wrong. this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or...
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u.s. ambassador to the united nations. now the late breaking devepments on the fiscal cliff talks and the impact of the withdral of susan rice from consideration to be the nxt secretary of state, fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry with our report. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope for a deal. >> how are you feeling about a deal, optimistic? >> the speaker not so hopeful. >> is this issue, spending. >> again railing against what he claims are not enough spending cuts in the white house proposal and slamming the president's push for executive power to raise the debt ceili, something he says democrats never would have given former president george w. bush. >> to you think there is any chance that senator reid or then senator obama would have done that? zero. congress has never come to give up our ability to control the purse. >> a new poll suggests the publ
u.s. ambassador to the united nations. now the late breaking devepments on the fiscal cliff talks and the impact of the withdral of susan rice from consideration to be the nxt secretary of state, fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry with our report. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope for a deal. >> how are you feeling about a deal, optimistic?...
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on the u.s. side of the border, an agent told him the gun was legal, as long as he declared it to mexican authorities. so that's what he did and that's what got him arrested. the parents are begging the obama administration to help save his son's life. we have the attorney for hamar here. >> good to be with you. >> greta: nice to have you here. why can'ty get him out of jail? what's wrong? >> okay. right now, there is a fliel mexico, trials start at certain points and there is different hearings, like in the united states of america. and we are ready to go with our experts and also we have motions and we have two injunctions for exclusion of evidence for violation of his constitutional rights. >> greta: when is this trial date? >> the trial date's been on. the next hearing's set for january 17. that date, greta, was moved, continued, from october 30 or thereabouts. the hearings were set for november 13 and 23 and they were continued because the mexican customs agent was transferred to another pla
on the u.s. side of the border, an agent told him the gun was legal, as long as he declared it to mexican authorities. so that's what he did and that's what got him arrested. the parents are begging the obama administration to help save his son's life. we have the attorney for hamar here. >> good to be with you. >> greta: nice to have you here. why can'ty get him out of jail? what's wrong? >> okay. right now, there is a fliel mexico, trials start at certain points and there is...
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we do have quite a bit of supply and the u.s. it is going to keep the lid and some of our products like unleaded gas short-term. liz: you know, one of the things that we have not talked about lately is the repercussions of the drought on all lot of what we see as commodities. one of the place that was a very good one, certainly at the beginning of the year and then halfway through this summer was corn, soy, wheat. what is the play here? is that over? >> you want to wait for a pullback because we have a story in those products. not just inflation assets. they're still being affected by the drought. we did not get a soaker of november, which we needed to have replenishing the underwater ground level. now we have a situation where the ground is frozen and we will -- we have more. buy the dips and the grain market. liz: you will know those questions. good to see all of you. thank you so much. joining us on the floor show. first eagle overseas portfolio manager looking at both overseas plays and domestic place. while there is complace
we do have quite a bit of supply and the u.s. it is going to keep the lid and some of our products like unleaded gas short-term. liz: you know, one of the things that we have not talked about lately is the repercussions of the drought on all lot of what we see as commodities. one of the place that was a very good one, certainly at the beginning of the year and then halfway through this summer was corn, soy, wheat. what is the play here? is that over? >> you want to wait for a pullback...
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but evil is done in name of america. >> eric: al-awlaki became a u.s. citizen -- >> i'm okay with it. he's a terrorist. it's bad under bush and okay under bam. the thing i list are okay but if it was -- >> the terrorist surveillance program, broke by the "new york times." program in place to surveil anyone talking to a terrorist overseas. this was the biggest deal going. everybody freaked out. ruined a way to collecter thor. but in addition program analysis, they admit they have to so much information they don't know what to do with it. >> a big difference here. people on the left, what about the patriot act. similar type of things. payry yot act went through congress and voted on. they want to pull it, they can pull the plug on it. this is executive order. it happened behind closed doors. the "wall street journal" did a request but this violates the fourth amendment. they can go in and take what they want without the probable cause. they don't to prove probable cause. this is disturbing. >> this is and ought to be done away with. the reason you sign th
but evil is done in name of america. >> eric: al-awlaki became a u.s. citizen -- >> i'm okay with it. he's a terrorist. it's bad under bush and okay under bam. the thing i list are okay but if it was -- >> the terrorist surveillance program, broke by the "new york times." program in place to surveil anyone talking to a terrorist overseas. this was the biggest deal going. everybody freaked out. ruined a way to collecter thor. but in addition program analysis, they...
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later, this week we continue to look at what the u.s. will look like by the year 2016. all coming up next as c-span's "washington journal" continues. we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> the white house was very controversial. the designer for washington's city -- he submitted the design for a palace. the americans were not having a palace. in 1821, european diplomats told the congress it was neither large nor awe-inspiring. if that were larger and more elegant, perhaps a president would be inclined to be its permanent resident. >> a photo credit has gathered a few of her favorite white house photos. watch sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span3. >> my inspiration was the idea that the wanted to explain how it happened. we do know the story of the cold war. we have seen the archives that describe relationships between roosevelt, stalin, churchill, and then truman. what i wanted to show what did it feel like to be one of the people who were subjected to this system and how did people make choices in that system and how did they behave. one of the things that has ha
later, this week we continue to look at what the u.s. will look like by the year 2016. all coming up next as c-span's "washington journal" continues. we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> the white house was very controversial. the designer for washington's city -- he submitted the design for a palace. the americans were not having a palace. in 1821, european diplomats told the congress it was neither large nor awe-inspiring. if that were larger and more elegant, perhaps a...
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also i understand that the flags have been ordered to half-staff at the u.s. capital. and that probably means in other places around washington as this country mourns this school shooting at the sandy hook elementary school for where at least 26 are dead, including 18 children, where it looks like the gunman, ryan lanza, 24 years old decided to target young children who were students of his mother who was a teacher there. he also got into an altercation with the school principal and she was also killed. one mother telling us here at cbs that this principal was a model principal, a great teacher this is described as a great elementary school and a very safe area in newtown and many parents struggling with this enormous tragedy and of -- melissa mackriss said to us whose daughter is a fourth grader, this is a parent's worst nightmare. we've just received what is described as a two-minute warning which means the president will be in the white house press briefing room shortly. we'll take you to those live pictures of the white house press briefing room where the president
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first sentence was the u.s. is holding a debate critical to its future, whether it is a tax redistribute and consume income that would otherwise be invested. i disagree with that statement. that premise. please explain why the trade-off is being made. do it quickly because i want him to respond. >> the top 5 pg&e of households save about 40% of their income. and so that's really the income that would be invested so when you tax that -- those households, you're really taxing the households that produce the equity, invest the equity and hold the equity in our economy. that underwrites the risk. that is one of two binding constraints on our economy. >> eliot: before jeff i give him his moment, the reason i disagree is there are trillions of dollars of capital signature on the sidelines not being allocated and not being allocated for a host of reasons primarily a demand crisis and the government given the deficit, spends it. in consumption and its own investment, that seems to me to be the trigger we need to get the
first sentence was the u.s. is holding a debate critical to its future, whether it is a tax redistribute and consume income that would otherwise be invested. i disagree with that statement. that premise. please explain why the trade-off is being made. do it quickly because i want him to respond. >> the top 5 pg&e of households save about 40% of their income. and so that's really the income that would be invested so when you tax that -- those households, you're really taxing the...
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from the u.s. postal service. because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around for the holidays. >>> across spain thursday, coordinated demonstrations were head in dozens of cities to protest cuts in education. it's part of austerity measures aimed at lifting the country out of diet dep. spain's recession is hurting the theater business, too, but as mark phillips reports, one owner found a way to sell tickets. >> reporter: other places, theatrical productions may be about drama and song. in spain right now, though, they're also about vegetables, specifically -- >> carrots. carrots. >> reporter: carrots. the humble root which may determine whether kym marsh's theater in the town near barcelona lives or dies and a lot of others too. why? because the spanish government has recently just about tripled the sales tax on theater tickets and kym fears that no one would ever fill these seats, until he made a discovery whiles out shopping. the tax on carrots is 4%. >> 4%, yes. >> reporter: the tax on theater tickets
from the u.s. postal service. because it's nice to have an extra pair of hands around for the holidays. >>> across spain thursday, coordinated demonstrations were head in dozens of cities to protest cuts in education. it's part of austerity measures aimed at lifting the country out of diet dep. spain's recession is hurting the theater business, too, but as mark phillips reports, one owner found a way to sell tickets. >> reporter: other places, theatrical productions may be about...
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it is still the worst single act of gun violence in u.s. history. an the only school shooting that involved more fatalities than today. for so many of us today was a reminder of one day on april 20, 1999, when the now infamous names kle became part f the american dialogue. we suffered great heartache as the two students opened fire and killed 12 other students about teacher and wounded 20 others before killing themselves at columbine high school. looking further back to history now, really the first time the nation dealt with this kind of violence on a campus. august 1, 1966, austin, texas. a university of texas student killed 16 people and wounded 32 others in and around campu campus. again today, now the second worst single day of violence at school. virginia tech massacre in 2007 remains atop that horrible list. jon, this is not unique to our nation. you will remember you and i were on there, reporting in july of 2011, in norway, that gunman who shot and killed at least 85 people at a youth camp there. back to you. >> jon: similar events in russi
it is still the worst single act of gun violence in u.s. history. an the only school shooting that involved more fatalities than today. for so many of us today was a reminder of one day on april 20, 1999, when the now infamous names kle became part f the american dialogue. we suffered great heartache as the two students opened fire and killed 12 other students about teacher and wounded 20 others before killing themselves at columbine high school. looking further back to history now, really the...
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>> well, you know, the u.s. has had growth over the years from two centuries now, 200 years of growing at about 2 percentage points per year, over two centuries that adds up to make us a very rich country. other countries now that lag behind are soaring ahead. so china is the most remarkable growth story in economic history. and this chart shows it. back in 1980, if you can't see it, but that's all the way at the left-hand side of the graph, the u.s. is on the top 25% of the world economy. and china is 2% of the world economy. and then look at china's soaring rise, because they have been growing at about 10% per year, where we have been growing at about 2% to 3% per year. now those lines cross in this picture, according to the international monetary fund in the year 2017 when the imf predicts that china will be the world's largest economy. the intelligence report says 2022. it doesn't mean that china will be per person than the u.s., fwhaz're four times larger in population, in fact they'll have 1/4 the income p
>> well, you know, the u.s. has had growth over the years from two centuries now, 200 years of growing at about 2 percentage points per year, over two centuries that adds up to make us a very rich country. other countries now that lag behind are soaring ahead. so china is the most remarkable growth story in economic history. and this chart shows it. back in 1980, if you can't see it, but that's all the way at the left-hand side of the graph, the u.s. is on the top 25% of the world...
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one u.s. official says the state department may not he release the report on its own benghazi negotiation. team fox coverage continues now. catherine herridge live for us on capitol hill. does the department have to release that report? >> well, thank you, harris and good evening. tonight fox news has reviewed the regulations here. there are 15 pages long that governor the state department's interrible investigation there does not appear to be a requirement for secretary of state hillary clinton to give the entire report to congress. there only seems to be a requirement for the secretary to provide a written sum troy congress findings of the report so we may be looking at another looming battle giving that entire report here to capitol hill, harris. >> you see secretary clinton in video there. conflicting reports today about whether or not she would actually testify on capitol hill at this point. >> we had a whole back and forth today with two congressional committees saying that they expect s
one u.s. official says the state department may not he release the report on its own benghazi negotiation. team fox coverage continues now. catherine herridge live for us on capitol hill. does the department have to release that report? >> well, thank you, harris and good evening. tonight fox news has reviewed the regulations here. there are 15 pages long that governor the state department's interrible investigation there does not appear to be a requirement for secretary of state hillary...
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the u.s. what is going to change? guest: the nation is projected to grow at a slower pace over the next 38 years. the population will continue to age. that the nation is projected to become more diverse in growth, minority population, and decrease in population. host: look at these numbers. 420 million -- how do face the demand of that growing population? education, health care? guest: that is a perfect question for bill. guest: it really is a slower growth than we have been used to for a long time. about a 34% growth rate over those 48 years. we have been going on about 10% a decade. we'll get used to slower growth with a new minority population filling in at the bottom of the slow-growing part of the age distribution. and older population that is growing rapidly. we have to deal more with minority integration and social inequality and issues with the new americans. host: so aging growing slowly and more diverse. we have divided our phone lines by region. host: you can also join us honor twit
the u.s. what is going to change? guest: the nation is projected to grow at a slower pace over the next 38 years. the population will continue to age. that the nation is projected to become more diverse in growth, minority population, and decrease in population. host: look at these numbers. 420 million -- how do face the demand of that growing population? education, health care? guest: that is a perfect question for bill. guest: it really is a slower growth than we have been used to for a long...
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u.s. institute of peace. he has helped fund schools in darfur in refugee camps, now belongs to a satellite project with george clooney. mr. prendergast has worked for peace in africa for well over a quarter of a century. then we will hear from mvemba dizolele, who is a visiting fellow at stanford university's hoover institution, and professor, lecture and african studies at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. mr. dizolele has testified several times before the congress. his work has appeared frequently in many major news publications, and he is a frequent commentator on african affairs on television and radio. he served as election monitor in the drc in 2006, and again in 2011. and has also been indicted with united nations peacekeepers as a reporter. in addition, he is a veteran of the united states marine corps. thank you for your service. and i'd like to now go to steve hege. >> chairman smith, ranking member bass, and members of the subcommittee on africa
u.s. institute of peace. he has helped fund schools in darfur in refugee camps, now belongs to a satellite project with george clooney. mr. prendergast has worked for peace in africa for well over a quarter of a century. then we will hear from mvemba dizolele, who is a visiting fellow at stanford university's hoover institution, and professor, lecture and african studies at johns hopkins university school of advanced international studies. mr. dizolele has testified several times before the...
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because there are so many things we need to get done as a country. >> reporter: currently, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice was considered first in line to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state. but republican opposition mounted after she led the obama administration's response to the terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> what this began as was a spontaneous, not premeditated response to what transpired in cairo. >> reporter: republicans say her answers were untruthful. >> we are significantly troubled by many of the answers we got and some we didn't get. >> reporter: president obama issued a statement praising rice and citing "unfair and misleading attacks on her." rice's withdrawal makes massachusetts senator john kerry the leading contender to be nominated as secretary of state. kerry said little. susan rice will remain as ambassador to the united nations. in what is being perceived as a presidential gesture of support, president obama will meet with ambassador rice. sunny hostin, abc news, new york. >>> other big political new
because there are so many things we need to get done as a country. >> reporter: currently, the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice was considered first in line to succeed hillary clinton as secretary of state. but republican opposition mounted after she led the obama administration's response to the terrorist attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. >> what this began as was a spontaneous, not premeditated response to what transpired in cairo. >>...
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where are you on the u.s. market right now? >> you know, i think right now, probably to the end of year, if we can get some kind of movement on this fiscal cliff, you have a real potential for a pop, 3%, 4%, 5%. unfortunately, as i look to 2013, i'm looking at u.s. austerity. so the question is how much is that going to be, and if it's a lot and the rest of the world can't pick up the slack, then we've got problems. if it's just a little, in china and europe, can actually come out of what they've been in, then we might be okay. >> but there's nothing wrong with buying global markets. >> no wrong at all. and it's easy these days. >> it's fairly inexpensive these days. >> it's inexpensive. europe is very cheap in terms of valuation. there's plenty of etfs to do it. these days it's very easy for anyone to do and there's plenty of places to make some money. >> all right, terrific stuff. brian kelly. we call him bk. >>> poll after poll shows the republican party has an image problem. a branding problem. the question is can it be fix
where are you on the u.s. market right now? >> you know, i think right now, probably to the end of year, if we can get some kind of movement on this fiscal cliff, you have a real potential for a pop, 3%, 4%, 5%. unfortunately, as i look to 2013, i'm looking at u.s. austerity. so the question is how much is that going to be, and if it's a lot and the rest of the world can't pick up the slack, then we've got problems. if it's just a little, in china and europe, can actually come out of what...
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the u.s. is on the head with an auction model based on the elegant simplicity of one course concept, marcus, not the whims of regulator specific to ensure productive and innovative use. i know from some of your testimony you have pointed out, especially some new commissioners the success the sec has had over the years that doing good auctions. however, we've learned overly prescriptive rules can lead to less than successful auction results. the fcc so uncovered the d block auction to lower the megahertz licensed for the prime brought in spectrum failed to garner more than a few token bids and those who are well below the true value of that very important spectrum. the fcc must avoid overly prescriptive option was the land market mechanisms and have a proven record of success. remember, the revenue generated in part to pay for the middle-class tax cut and extension of unemployment benefits will be used to help pay for the interoperable public safety broadband network and to fund the next jan 9/
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the u.s. or around the globe especially as it relates to cost. it's not just me speaking, it would be anyone in the financial communityty that's used to seeing transactions where an equity check of a billion dollars is considered large and this is something that could support significantly more than that if structured appropriately. >> if the capital is available for such a project like the northeast corridor. now my recent experience, i'd like you to describe what you think is the reason for our recent experience where the department of transportation put out requests for proposals, did get a few, but none for the northeast corridor. why do you think that the d.o.. the got none for the northeast corridor since that's only really profitable one? >> one i'd like at the example of the florida high speed rail project which had been considered at one point in time and there was a list of groups that had formed that expressed interest in that and they were really truly some of the best operators ar
the u.s. or around the globe especially as it relates to cost. it's not just me speaking, it would be anyone in the financial communityty that's used to seeing transactions where an equity check of a billion dollars is considered large and this is something that could support significantly more than that if structured appropriately. >> if the capital is available for such a project like the northeast corridor. now my recent experience, i'd like you to describe what you think is the reason...
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jonathan, i have a list, a horrible list, of the deadliest u.s. school shootings. columbine, of course, killed 12 students before the two shooters took their own lives. we're hearing reports now that up to 20 children may have been shot. it is hopefully -- we say this every single time we cover one of these things, a line in the sand. there has got to be a measurable xhank, some kind of reaction. one would hope that there will be some political capital to report in the way we handle gun and gun violence in this country. >> what's so traumatizing, beyond the trauma that we're already experiencing is the fact that we're talking about the possibility of multiple children dead. not high school students. want college students. not pedestrians on the street. grown adults. we're talking about children who went to school today, you know, starry-eyed, going to school with all the hope and joy that comes with that. especially in this holiday season and to now learn that a gunman went into that school. someone from the outside. i mean, just we don't know who this gunman is. w
jonathan, i have a list, a horrible list, of the deadliest u.s. school shootings. columbine, of course, killed 12 students before the two shooters took their own lives. we're hearing reports now that up to 20 children may have been shot. it is hopefully -- we say this every single time we cover one of these things, a line in the sand. there has got to be a measurable xhank, some kind of reaction. one would hope that there will be some political capital to report in the way we handle gun and gun...
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and terrorist groups like al qaeda have been the ones that have commented on how ridiculously lax the u.s. laws are and how relatively easy it is to get things like assault weapons and 50 millimeter rifles that can blow a foot away of concrete from a quarter of a mile away. the amount of loopholes that are in the laws right now make me wince a little bit when people say we should be very cautious and very specific about how we want to go. just consider some basic things. i mean, a terrorist can go into a gun show today and buy -- or any other unlicensed dealer and get assault weapons and get extended magazine clips. that's just a simple place where one could start to close down just kind of basic gaping loopholes. if you look at the data on concealed weapons and the problems that concealed weapons are creating in states that have concealed weapons laws, if you look at basic things like the justice department that's wanted to use microstamping to help trace laws, there's at least -- to trace gun crimes, there's at least a half a dozen to three-quarters of a dozen major things we could do t
and terrorist groups like al qaeda have been the ones that have commented on how ridiculously lax the u.s. laws are and how relatively easy it is to get things like assault weapons and 50 millimeter rifles that can blow a foot away of concrete from a quarter of a mile away. the amount of loopholes that are in the laws right now make me wince a little bit when people say we should be very cautious and very specific about how we want to go. just consider some basic things. i mean, a terrorist can...
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the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history, second only to virginia tech back in 2007. at this point what we know is that the gunman who is dead was a 20-year-old from connecticut. he was wearing all black. he was carrying two handguns, we're told, from one of the students at sandy hook elementary school he told our affiliate there in connecticut, he says that he was in the gym. he heard a loud boom. then he heard seven more loud booms. the gym teachers told the kids at that point to get in the car and all the kids huddled. in fact, in fact, here's one of those eyewitness accounts. >> she came out. she was crying. all the other students were crying. the thing she told me was that it really started when she heard gunshots and she heard screams on the intercom. the intercomcame on, and there were screams. you know, the school went on lockdown, and based on what she said, she was in art class, and they were hiding in the closet, and tiny closet all bundled up, and they were hearing screams and it was horrible. >> earlier you told me you find this situation to be disgusting
the second deadliest school shooting in u.s. history, second only to virginia tech back in 2007. at this point what we know is that the gunman who is dead was a 20-year-old from connecticut. he was wearing all black. he was carrying two handguns, we're told, from one of the students at sandy hook elementary school he told our affiliate there in connecticut, he says that he was in the gym. he heard a loud boom. then he heard seven more loud booms. the gym teachers told the kids at that point to...
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the u.s., though, of course, putting a number of people on the ground. many observers saying that now nato has physical troops and presence in the area that it risks somehow being dragged into this particular conflict. everybody is stressing these are purely there to defend turkey, a staunch nato member. john? >> they still come as the u.s. offered diplomatic recognition to the rebels in syria and with 400 u.s. troops there, it does give the u.s. some skin in this game. >> reporter: absolutely. i don't think the troops will be involved. skin in the game, certainly. the obama administration though many say caught between two different sides here. at the same time, the day before they gave some kind of lower level diplomatic recognition to the syrian government. the day before that they were a terror group, one of the more hard line parts of the rebel front responsible for many victories, considered islamic hard-liners. to many degrees they're heroes because they've been taking out so many regim
the u.s., though, of course, putting a number of people on the ground. many observers saying that now nato has physical troops and presence in the area that it risks somehow being dragged into this particular conflict. everybody is stressing these are purely there to defend turkey, a staunch nato member. john? >> they still come as the u.s. offered diplomatic recognition to the rebels in syria and with 400 u.s. troops there, it does give the u.s. some skin in this game. >> reporter:...
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bill: a u.s. marine is being held at a mexican prison for what his family says is an honest mistake. they say his life is in danger. we'll talk to the family attorney about the efforts to get him out safely. here is his father. >> the situation now that we've gone public and that is our concern at this point. you know, it is chaos down there. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oothe tilapiawith roastedegetab! i'm actually looking at the wo grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. at pork chop was great! no more fast food friday's! we're going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer
bill: a u.s. marine is being held at a mexican prison for what his family says is an honest mistake. they say his life is in danger. we'll talk to the family attorney about the efforts to get him out safely. here is his father. >> the situation now that we've gone public and that is our concern at this point. you know, it is chaos down there. [ male announcer ] when was the last time something made your jaw drop? campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪...
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. >> it looks like this may be the worst mass killing at a school in u.s. history, based on the information i'm getting over here. columbine high school, littleton, colorado, back in 1999, dylan klebold and eric harris killed 12 fellow students and one teach brother before committing suicide in the school library. in this case, john king reporting close to 30, we believe, are now dead. and 18 to 20 of them children, if those numbers hold up. this looks like it could be the worst mass killing in american history, something no one anticipated would be happening at any point, but listen to the white house press secretary jay carney speak about this, just a little while ago. >> the president was notified by his homeland security adviser, john brennan, of the shooting in newtown, connecticut, at a school. the president is receiving regular updates as more information becomes available about this incident. and as the day proceeds, if we get more information and as we get more information, we'll certainly provide it to you. i do not have anything to confirm for yo
. >> it looks like this may be the worst mass killing at a school in u.s. history, based on the information i'm getting over here. columbine high school, littleton, colorado, back in 1999, dylan klebold and eric harris killed 12 fellow students and one teach brother before committing suicide in the school library. in this case, john king reporting close to 30, we believe, are now dead. and 18 to 20 of them children, if those numbers hold up. this looks like it could be the worst mass...
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let's get over to bertha coombs for a market flash this time on u.s. steel. >> u.s. steel materials today the best performer, the best performer this week and u.s. steel is the best gainer today in the s&p materials sector. the stock has had a phenomenal week on real big volume. fitch out with a note last night saying that they think steel makers should see some modest margin improvement but that is not a modest move when it comes to stock today, carl. >> no. and one of the best ticker symbols out there. thanks so much. he's been on the run from officials in belize but this morning he ended up on "squawk box." former tech titan john mcafee has been caught up in a murder investigation but his explaination of the situation keeps getting a little stranger. robert frank has been following the story this morning. killer interview this morning on "squawk." >> thanks so much. well, he did make a lot of news on our air this morning. he started with his insistence that he did not kill his neighbor in belize. >> let me be clear i had nothing to do with the murder of gregory fa
let's get over to bertha coombs for a market flash this time on u.s. steel. >> u.s. steel materials today the best performer, the best performer this week and u.s. steel is the best gainer today in the s&p materials sector. the stock has had a phenomenal week on real big volume. fitch out with a note last night saying that they think steel makers should see some modest margin improvement but that is not a modest move when it comes to stock today, carl. >> no. and one of the best...
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but the u.s. government has to say we are not going to give you a status update on john hammer, we are going to lobby for his release and get him and if they want to go through a trial, that is fine. bond him out. he suffered with post traumatic stress and served in iraq and afghanistan and got out of a clinic to deal with stress and now he finds himself. it is unfair and unjust. we'll keep on fighting. we'll make it happen. >> gretchen: thanks for your efforts and thank you for getting up early. >> i appreciate it >> gretchen: i just talked about the taliban, right. the taliban's mission to kill americans, whyure our troops told to be nice to them. then it is it a christmas trytree like you have never seen before. ♪ all right. it is it a violinist, look at 150 kids stuffed in a tree. amazing, that story is next. ♪ i'm doing my own sleep study. advil pm® or tylenol pm. the advil pm® guy is spending less time lying awake with annoying aches and pains and more time asleep. advil pm®. the diff
but the u.s. government has to say we are not going to give you a status update on john hammer, we are going to lobby for his release and get him and if they want to go through a trial, that is fine. bond him out. he suffered with post traumatic stress and served in iraq and afghanistan and got out of a clinic to deal with stress and now he finds himself. it is unfair and unjust. we'll keep on fighting. we'll make it happen. >> gretchen: thanks for your efforts and thank you for getting...
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including, you know, as the crisis in syria escalates, the u.s. is spending patriot missiles and troops to the syrian border with turkey. right now, martha raddatz will be here with more on that. >>> and barbara walters, bringing us her exclusive with the president and first lady. they rarely appear together for an interview. but they did for barbara. we'll hear their message, special message for robin. >>> let's get right to josh elliott for the pair of powerful earthquakes off the coast of california. >>> a powerful earthquaking rattling buildings and nerves in southern california. 6.3 magnitude off the coast. >> we're here in pasadena where they're watching this activity very closely. this was a pretty big shaker. 6.3 in magnitude. it occurred in the pacific ocean. lot of folks here in southern california felt it, though, it was a pretty good jolt. fortunately no reports of damage or injuries so far. back to you, josh. >> john, thank you. >>> people shaken by the quake twe tweeted it on twitter. >>> also this morning, new pressure on congress t
including, you know, as the crisis in syria escalates, the u.s. is spending patriot missiles and troops to the syrian border with turkey. right now, martha raddatz will be here with more on that. >>> and barbara walters, bringing us her exclusive with the president and first lady. they rarely appear together for an interview. but they did for barbara. we'll hear their message, special message for robin. >>> let's get right to josh elliott for the pair of powerful earthquakes...
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unimaginable horror grips the nation in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. a tragedy so wrenching it reduced the president of the united states to tears. right now 27 people are confirmed dead in connecticut's sandy hook elementary school massacre. 20 children and six adults and the alleged shooter. all of this happening within a matter of a few hours. watch this. the sights and sounds of this tragedy as it played out. >> when i was getting in my car, i heard sirens going off continuously. car after car after car. some of them were flying past my house and coming around again and going to the school. this house is three houses away from the school. >> when we first arrived, there was not a lot of security to guard. there were three children that came out. one of them had a very bleed face. >> he immediately jumped in the car and headed down here. it's troubling. it was mayhem in the room with the kids and the teachers and trying to identify your kid and making sure they are and finding out what the situation was and making sure everyone was safe. it started
unimaginable horror grips the nation in one of the deadliest school shootings in u.s. history. a tragedy so wrenching it reduced the president of the united states to tears. right now 27 people are confirmed dead in connecticut's sandy hook elementary school massacre. 20 children and six adults and the alleged shooter. all of this happening within a matter of a few hours. watch this. the sights and sounds of this tragedy as it played out. >> when i was getting in my car, i heard sirens...